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ODOT needs feedback from residents for long range transportation plan (ARTICLE & VIDEO)

Wed, June 12, 2019 (No comments)
Officials approve contracts, bids

Tue, June 11, 2019 (No comments)
Recent rain causes problems for Guthrie highway

Tue, June 11, 2019 (No comments)
Budget Board approves funding for emergency county road repairs

Mon, June 10, 2019 (2 comments)
Transportation director says floods costing $2 million — and counting

Mon, June 10, 2019 (No comments)
May Gross Receipts Show Economic Growth In Spite of Weather (PRESS RELEASE)

Fri, June 7, 2019 (No comments)
Crews Work On Harrah Bridge Repair Despite Flash Flooding

Thu, June 6, 2019 (No comments)
ODOT: No I-235 Drainage Issues During OKC Flash Flooding; Construction Project A Success (ARTICLE & VIDEO)

Thu, June 6, 2019 (No comments)
June Commission Wrap-Up: Historic flooding in eastern Oklahoma impacting roads and bridges (PRESS RELEASE)

Wed, June 5, 2019 (No comments)
Repairs to flood-damaged bridge in Harrah will cut off access to neighborhood

Tue, June 4, 2019 (No comments)
ODOT redoing Highway through Comanche

Tue, June 4, 2019 (No comments)
Flooding, severe weather costs ODOT $2 million, costs expected to rise

Tue, June 4, 2019 (No comments)
Oklahoma City, OG&E working to fix, update street lights

Tue, June 4, 2019 (No comments)
Floods Cause Extensive Damage To Oklahoma Roads

Mon, June 3, 2019 (No comments)
Pres. Trump issues disaster declaration for state of Oklahoma

Sun, June 2, 2019 (No comments)
Report ranks Oklahoma third in nation in poor bridges

Sat, June 1, 2019 (No comments)
Stitt signs 514 bills, vetoes 16 in first session

Fri, May 31, 2019 (No comments)
Bridges spanning the Arkansas River doing fine, officials say

Wed, May 29, 2019 (No comments)
May ODOT meeting brings repair work to Stephens

Mon, May 27, 2019 (No comments)
GOVERNOR SIGNS GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY’20, $200 MILLION FOR STATE SAVINGS (PRESS REELEASE)

Fri, May 24, 2019 (No comments)
Tolls suspended for portion of Muskogee Turnpike amid emergency declaration

Fri, May 24, 2019 (No comments)
Road projects in Oklahoma seeing delays due to recent flooding

Fri, May 24, 2019 (No comments)
County road, bridge projects moving forward

Thu, May 23, 2019 (No comments)
Oklahoma Senate approves $8.1B spending plan

Wed, May 22, 2019 (No comments)
Oklahoma Transportation Commission Awards $95M in Contracts in May

Wed, May 22, 2019 (No comments)
Senate approves state budget (PRESS RELEASE)

Tue, May 21, 2019 (No comments)
Bouvier to present program on bridges

Sun, May 19, 2019 (No comments)
Commissioner to Give Presentation on History of Bridges

Fri, May 17, 2019 (No comments)
New budget invests in Oklahoma's future (OPINION)

Fri, May 17, 2019 (No comments)
Orange Barrel Alerts to impact traffic in Shawnee, Seminole starting Monday

Fri, May 17, 2019 (4 comments)
House Passes $8.1 Billion State Budget

Fri, May 17, 2019 (1 comment)
More Lane Changes Coming To Highways Around Downtown Tulsa

Fri, May 17, 2019 (2 comments)
Lawmakers Working To Fully Fund ODOT's Road, Bridges Plan

Thu, May 16, 2019 (No comments)
U.S. 75 buckling near the Tulsa-Washington County line, OHP says

Wed, May 15, 2019 (No comments)
GOVERNOR STITT ANNOUNCES FY 2020 BUDGET DEAL WITH HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERSHIP (PRESS RELEASE)

Wed, May 15, 2019 (No comments)
CHANGES COMING TO CONSTRUCTION ON DOWNTOWN LOOP

Tue, May 14, 2019 (No comments)
Attention downtown commuters: New lane changes on the IDL starting Tuesday

Tue, May 14, 2019 (No comments)
Oklahoma budget negotiations heat up

Tue, May 14, 2019 (No comments)
Major roadway construction projects underway in Tulsa

Mon, May 13, 2019 (1 comment)
Oklahoma City Boulevard Project Close To Completion (ARTICLE & VIDEO)

Mon, May 13, 2019 (2 comments)
Governor, House leaders in budget standoff with Senate

Mon, May 13, 2019 (No comments)
Bridge project gets the OK

Sat, May 11, 2019 (No comments)
Tree-lined Oklahoma City Boulevard almost done

Fri, May 10, 2019 (No comments)
Willis Bridge narrowed through Saturday

Thu, May 9, 2019 (No comments)
ODOT begins construction on Jacobs Bridge

Thu, May 9, 2019 (No comments)
ODOT's $42M Sallisaw Project Under Way

Wed, May 8, 2019 (No comments)
New commission takes office at first meeting; NW Expressway in OKC to be resurfaced; $95M in contracts awarded (PRESS RELEASE)

Wed, May 8, 2019 (No comments)
FEMA Awards Grant To Oklahoma County To Repair River Erosion Along Triple X Road (ARTICLE & VIDEO)

Wed, May 8, 2019 (No comments)
Northwest Expressway resurfacing project expected to start in June

Tue, May 7, 2019 (1 comment)
Oklahoma Department of Transportation Not Racing to Increase Highway Speed Limits

Mon, May 6, 2019 (No comments)

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Trump and Pelosi can still work together, but an infrastructure deal is likely not happening, White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says

Wed, June 12, 2019 (1 comment)
First ever Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center Conference held

Thu, June 6, 2019 (No comments)
Congress’ ‘Problem Solvers’ Tackle Infrastructure Policy

Thu, June 6, 2019 (No comments)
Trump Signs Disaster Relief Bill With Billions for Infrastructure

Thu, June 6, 2019 (No comments)
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $321.4 Million for Federal Lands and Tribal Projects (PRESS RELEASE)

Wed, June 5, 2019 (No comments)
U.S. cities, states not waiting for federal officials to address infrastructure fixes

Wed, June 5, 2019 (No comments)
House committee advances $137 billion transportation, housing bill

Tue, June 4, 2019 (No comments)
Experts Say Washington Needs to Treat Infrastructure Funding as 'Exigent Crisis'

Tue, June 4, 2019 (No comments)
Pelosi says she's 'optimistic' on infrastructure deal with Trump

Wed, May 29, 2019 (No comments)
Transportation Rankings

Wed, May 29, 2019 (No comments)
Mayors Appear Increasingly Concerned About Infrastructure

Tue, May 28, 2019 (No comments)
No federal infrastructure bill? States come to the rescue.

Thu, May 23, 2019 (No comments)
Trump, Angered by ‘Phony’ Inquiries, Blows Up Meeting With Pelosi and Schumer

Wed, May 22, 2019 (No comments)
Infrastructure Week dies — again

Wed, May 22, 2019 (No comments)
Democrats wary of handing Trump a win on infrastructure

Tue, May 21, 2019 (2 comments)
Concrete execs urge solution on infrastructure ahead of Wednesday meeting

Tue, May 21, 2019 (No comments)
Trump to Democrats: No infrastructure without trade deal

Tue, May 21, 2019 (No comments)
Infrastructure Week Encore: Trump, Democrats to Discuss Funding May 22

Mon, May 20, 2019 (2 comments)
Trump aides try to quash tax hike rumors amid infrastructure talks

Fri, May 17, 2019 (2 comments)
‘Pivotal Moment’ for Infrastructure, Says an Optimistic Nancy Pelosi

Tue, May 14, 2019 (No comments)
Dems eye big infrastructure package, with or without Trump

Mon, May 13, 2019 (No comments)
Transportation Experts, Government Leaders Stress Human Factor of Infrastructure

Mon, May 13, 2019 (3 comments)
Lawmakers Mull Funding Options for $2 Trillion Infrastructure Deal

Thu, May 9, 2019 (No comments)
Crumbling down: Americans cross structurally deficient bridges 178 million times every day

Tue, May 7, 2019 (No comments)
Fuel tax hike back in focus as lawmakers talk infrastructure (ARTICLE & VIDEO)

Mon, May 6, 2019 (No comments)
An infrastructure winner: Cut red tape (EDITORIAL)

Sun, May 5, 2019 (No comments)
Trump's pursuit of infrastructure deal hits GOP roadblock

Fri, May 3, 2019 (No comments)
America's aging infrastructure: What would $2 trillion actually buy?

Thu, May 2, 2019 (No comments)
Trump ally in House calls for doubling gas tax to pay for infrastructure

Wed, May 1, 2019 (No comments)
GOP voices skepticism about viability of $2T infrastructure deal

Tue, April 30, 2019 (No comments)
Trump, Congressional Democrats Agree on $2 Trillion Infrastructure Package

Tue, April 30, 2019 (No comments)
America Is One Big Pothole, Former Transportation Secretary Says (VIDEO)

Wed, April 24, 2019 (No comments)
Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer will meet with Trump to discuss infrastructure plan next week

Wed, April 24, 2019 (3 comments)
Tech group calls for national road-user fee

Tue, April 23, 2019 (No comments)
Aging and in need of attention: America’s infrastructure and its 17 million workers

Tue, April 16, 2019 (No comments)
Senate delays vote on $80 million infrastructure package

Tue, April 16, 2019 (3 comments)
Trump, Pelosi to meet on bipartisan infrastructure deal

Sun, April 14, 2019 (1 comment)
U.S. Democrats seek up to $2 trillion to invest in aging infrastructure

Thu, April 11, 2019 (2 comments)
UPDATE: Officials in 10 states adopt, pursue higher fuel tax rates

Thu, April 11, 2019 (2 comments)
Secretary Chao explains requested budget cuts during House hearing

Thu, April 11, 2019 (3 comments)
Koch network launches ad campaign opposing Trump's proposed gas tax

Thu, April 11, 2019 (2 comments)
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Reminds House Panel: White House Open to All Infrastructure Funding Options

Wed, April 10, 2019 (No comments)
Industrial, Roadway Projects Lead Top Starts Ranking

Wed, April 10, 2019 (3 comments)
Boosting Safety a Priority for Next Highway Bill, House Democrats Say

Tue, April 9, 2019 (1 comment)
ARTBA analysis reveals over 47,000 U.S. bridges are structurally deficient

Wed, April 3, 2019 (2 comments)
At our current pace it’ll take 80 years to repair all the structurally deficient bridges in the US, a report finds

Wed, April 3, 2019 (No comments)
‘We’re Ready to Talk’ Infrastructure With Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi Says

Tue, April 2, 2019 (No comments)
New York will be first US city to charge congestion toll

Tue, April 2, 2019 (3 comments)
Thousands of US bridges are 'structurally deficient' as pace of repair slows to lowest point in five years, industry group says

Mon, April 1, 2019 (No comments)
Lawmaker: Finding bipartisan funding for surface infrastructure a ‘challenge’

Mon, April 1, 2019 (2 comments)

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TRUST Encouraged by Road User Fund Progress (PRESS RELEASE)

Wed, December 19, 2018 (1 comment)
FORMER SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, ODOT, OTA DIRECTOR GARY RIDLEY TO JOIN TRUST BOARD (PRESS RELEASE)

Tue, November 13, 2018 (2 comments)
FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER CHRIS BENGE PRESENTED GUARDIAN AWARD FROM TRANSPORTATION COALITION (PRESS RELEASE)

Thu, October 18, 2018 (2 comments)
TRUST ANNOUNCES 2018 LEGISLATIVE GOALS (PRESS RELEASE)

Tue, February 6, 2018 (46 comments)
STEP UP OKLAHOMA PROPOSAL DRAWS SUPPORT FROM TRANSPORTATION COALITION (PRESS RELEASE)

Thu, February 1, 2018 (25 comments)

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Tim Morgan Named Office Leader for HNTB's Central U.S. Offices in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Iowa

Fri, May 3, 2019 (No comments)
Cherokee Nation receives $281,000 grant to add five new transit vans

Mon, February 18, 2019 (No comments)
Engineering: David Streb, POE & ASSOCIATES

Sun, February 17, 2019 (4 comments)
ACPA Names Recipients of 2018 'Excellence in Concrete Pavements' Awards

Tue, December 4, 2018 (1 comment)
Love’s Opens Travel Stop Near Oklahoma City

Fri, November 9, 2018 (No comments)